Geology

GIS – Autumn 2020: Assessed Exercise (Choice 1)

Project Aim:

The project aims to assess your ability to plan and execute a GIS analysis.  The output from the project could be used for more advanced spatial analysis.  Although the project is ecological in nature, the soundness of the underlying ecology is not under consideration.

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Project outline:

Using the datasets available for the Penrith region, you will attempt to locate areas that have habitat characteristics suitable for badgers to establish their setts.

Datasets available and area for your study (all downloadable from VLE site):

You can use any of the data layers available to you in the Penrith data used in the practicals.  However, you will perform your analysis and report your results for a rectangular area allocated to you by exam number on the list on the VLE.  A shapefile of your area will also be made available for download and use, also from the VLE.

 

Habitat Characteristics which should be investigated:

Desirable:

  • South facing aspect
  • Altitude between 50 m and 250 m
  • Gradient greater than 5 degrees.
  • Deciduous or coniferous woodland greater than 1 ha (10000 m2) in area

Undesirable:

  • Human disturbance within 200 m of sett.

Submission

You will have to submit the following two elements to the Assessment Submission Point link on the module VLE page (two separate upload points can be accessed from link):

  1. Either an ArcGIS model file (.tbx),a QGIS model file (.model3) or an R script in text file format showing all of the analysis (60% of assessment). There will be one upload point for this. If a set of model files/R scripts proves more useful, include them all, with a brief explanation of the role of each. If you use a set of files these will have to be uploaded as one zip file.
  2. A report of no more than 700 words explaining the analysis should be submitted as a pdf (40% of assessment). A standard report structure of introduction, methods, results and discussion should allow you to do this. However, you do not need a full introduction or discussion section, as the task has been set for you and you have little control over data sets etc; instead you should give clear aims and objectives at the start of your report and a brief conclusion on your findings at the end of the report.  This report should focus on the methods and results: explain the data and methods you have used; report and describe your results.   This is a GIS project and not an essay.  Due to the submission of your model, your methods  can explain the approach more generally in terms of your approach, using information on spatial data structures and the general GIS approaches that you have had to use (e.g. overlay, spatial query etc.).  An image of the model/models/scripts as they appear in the model editors/R editor should also be submitted as an appendix (just to help me when marking – it doesn’t have to look pretty – I will also be able to see your models in ArcGIS/QGIS/R).You should use figures and/or tables to illustrate your results appropriately – GIS software allows you to map your results! If you choose to use R, you should still use ArcGIS/QGIS to produce the maps.

Figure and table captions will not be counted towards your word limit. Reference section, table and figure captions and appendix won’t count towards your word limit. In text citations will count towards the word limit, but if the Harvard system is implemented efficiently this should not limit your ability to cite literature relevant to your study.  Although you need no full introduction or discussion in your report, you may decide to support your aims and objectives, methods and conclusions by using references.

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